I knew that I haven’t been updating a lot, but it didn’t really occur to me that it has been a month since I last wrote here.  I promised myself that this year, I will blog as much as I can because I want to keep a track of my life.  I want something to look back to when I’m old.  I want something that could possibly trigger my memories just in case I get Alzheimer’s (remind me to write down my user name and password).  Then here I am, all procrastinating and shit.  LOL.

Highlights?  Dylan passed the board exams.  Everything has changed from that point forward.  Basically, he patched things up with everyone:  his family, his dad, and his friends.  I have never seen him this satisfied.  Now all we talk about is his ratings and the job that’s waiting for him in Houston, Texas.  I know it’s a long distance relationship.  But the advantage to this one is that we’re both adults, fully grown, and with enough depth in pockets to actually invest in communication schemes.

I am currently working as an online English teacher and researcher here in Jabez International Education Center.  Actually, this is what kept me busy in the past month.  I’m enjoying it here.  They weren’t able to meet my original price but we managed to meet halfway.  I am on probation for a month and according to the feedback that I received from the branch manager yesterday, they seem to find me perfect for the job.

I knew from the very beginning a lax and lenient management has some downside and here it is (or there it was as it was presented to me yesterday):  after my contract expires (which is on Friday), they can’t afford me anymore, unless I reduce my salary to the ranks of the teachers here.  Naturally, I felt offended.  Not only do I feel being shortchanged, but I feel that my work is not valued here.  They compared me to the other teachers here.

I’m not being rude and all but they don’t do what I do.  They don’t develop material.  They don’t create lesson plans from scratch.  They don’t do manuals and paraphrase English textbooks so that it’ll match that of a Level 1 Beginner learner.  They can throw me anywhere — classroom teaching, one-on-one teaching, group discussions, brainstorming, research and development — and I won’t even need a day to reset my mind and get into the groove that they’d throw me into.

Damn right.  I am THAT good.

Bottom line is:  I don’t want to be a bargain.  Because I’m not.  I’m a hefty fine catch.  I know what my mind is worth.  You don’t get regularized and have lower pay.  It’s not the right order of things.  And I have no plans adapting it to be the order for me.

I don’t want to write anymore